Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. affricātiōn-em, n. of action f. affricā-re: see AFFRICTION.] ‘Rubbing upon or against.’ Bailey, 1721.
1706. Hauksbee, in Phil. Trans., XXV. 2331. The Light … discover’d upon the Affrication of it [a glass tube] unexhausted, seem’d to be altogether on its outside.
